Biography
Guido Vanherpe graduated in 1985 as Master in Applied Economic Sciences at UFSIA (University of Antwerp) and obtained successively a DESS Applied Marketing diploma in 1986 from the Université Aix-Marseille (France) and an MBA in 1988 from Indiana University Bloomington (USA).
He started his career in 1988 at Procter & Gamble as Assistant Brand Manager. In 1989, he joined Unilever Belgium (Hartog) where he was Sales & Marketing Manager of the Unilever Chilled Foods Division for four years. In 1993 Guido Vanherpe joined to La Lorraine Bakery Group as Marketing & Sales Manager and he became CEO in 1995. He is also member of the Board of Directors.
Guido Vanherpe holds a mandate as independant Director of the Board of Directors of Mediafin NV. He also holds board positions in the professional federations FEVIA (Belgian Food Industry Federation) and AIBI (International Association of Industrial Bakeries).